Highlights from 2011-2012 Urban Public Policy Fellowship (UPPF) program.

1. 2011-2012 Urban Public Policy
Fellowship Program
In partnership with:

2. The Urban Public Policy Fellowship (UPPF)
program, a new program designed to
expose historically underrepresented
minority undergraduate students at the
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to
key public policy issues.

3. UPPF Fellows were selected through a
highly competitive process that
considered grade point average, history
of engagement, and leadership
experience.

4. UPPF Fellows attended weekly seminars
throughout the spring semester.
Seminars included policy issues, project
management, research, government
issues and education budget information.

5. UPPF Fellows presented Public Policy
Posters at the DFI/IALHEA Conference &
Diversity Research Forum, April
12, 2012.

6. UPPF Fellows were also assigned an
internship designed to expose him or her
to the theory and practice of public
policy-making, advocacy, community
development, and service provision.

7. The UPPF program is administered through
the Institute for Policy and Civic
Engagement (IPCE), in partnership with
the Latin American Recruitment and
Educational Services Program (LARES)
and the African-American Academic
Network (AAAN).

8. 2011-2012 UPPF Partnerships &
Internship Locations
• American Red Cross of Greater
Chicago • Illinois Coalition for Immigrant &
• Center of Excellence in Eliminating Refugee Rights
Health Disparities • Illinois Council Against Hand Gun
• Central SER Violence
• Chicago Commons • Latino Policy Forum
• Chicago Lawyers Committee for • Mental Health Association of Greater
Chicago
Civil Rights
• Metropolitan Tenants Organization
• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for • Office of Congressman Danny Davis
Planning (CMAP) • Safer Foundation
• Community Outreach Intervention • The Black Star Project
Project • The Young People’s Project
• Hispanic Alliance for Career • UIC Medical Center
Enhancement • Urban Health Program
• Illinois African American Coalition
for Prevention

9. 2011- 2012 Urban Public Policy Fellows
Marta Aguila Erika Oliver
Yesenia Altorre Elizabeth Ortiz
Nicole Bevans-McClean Nana Owusu
Araceli Buenrostro Vivian Oyengunle
Dartunorro Clark Ernestina Perez
Anneisha Elerby Leo Pratt
Nancy Gaytan Michael Ramirez
Taofik Hassan Gabriela Reno
Justine Hernandez Katya Reyna
Edwin Martinez Julio Rodriguez
Daisy Soto

10. Urban Public Policy Fellowship
2011-2012 Highlights

22. MARIO VELA
Director of Member Services, HACE

27. STEVE TOZER, PhD
Professor, UIC College of Education

33. TUMIA ROMERO
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Congressman Danny Davis

39. DICK SIMPSON, PhD
Professor, UIC College of Education

42. ROSA CABRERA, PhD
Director, UIC Latino Cultural Center

56. ROME LOVE, Presenting research poster
4th Annual Health in the Midwest Conference

65. DFI/IALHEA Conference &
Diversity Research Forum
APRIL 12, 2011

102. UPPF Closing Reception
April 26, 2012

157. THANK YOU!